SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — A U.S. Border Patrol spokesman says country singer Willie Nelson was charged with marijuana possession after 6 ounces was found aboard his tour bus in Texas.

Patrol spokesman Bill Brooks says the bus pulled into the Sierra Blanca, Texas, checkpoint about 9 a.m. Friday. Brooks says an officer smelled pot when a door was opened and a search turned up marijuana.

Brooks says the Hudspeth County sheriff was contacted and Nelson was among three people arrested.

Sheriff Arvin West didn't immediately return a phone message left at his home Friday, but he told the El Paso Times that Nelson claimed the marijuana was his. The singer was held briefly a $2,500 bond before being released.

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Here you have a man who: is bothering no one, making good living singing folk music, and is actively involved with 13 charities..... So he is punished for smoking a few joints along the way.?

The privitazation of prisons has become big business and it seems to have developed in synch with our state and federal government's $$50 billion a year embezzelment scheme..... the War on Drugs. Im sure Wille can buy his way through this system, its just a shame that anyone should have to.